May 8, 2012
IBJ StaffZionsville voters passed a referendum Tuesday night that will hike local property taxes to provide additional school funding.
Meanwhile, Johnson County taxpayers voted no Tuesday on a referendum to decide whether to help finance a $30 million library
project.
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May 7, 2012
Scott OlsonZionsville's school district is asking taxpayers to address a $2.5 million budget shortfall. Meanwhile, in Johnson County,
voters will consider whether to help finance a $30 million project that includes the construction of a 70,000-square-foot
library.
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April 7, 2012
Central Indiana Commuter Services started offering service this month between Franklin and the Defense Finance & Accounting
Services facility in Indianapolis.
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March 19, 2012
Associated PressFranklin is planning to raise $120,000 by renting the performing arts center and middle school auditorium this year — six
times what the district made in rental fees four years ago.
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January 28, 2012
IBJ StaffThe small, private college put a new residence hall on the backburner to emphasize student-driven research.
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September 22, 2011
IBJ StaffKYB Manufacturing North America Inc. expects to invest $6.4 million to add warehouse and distribution facilities to its existing
51-acre campus in Johnson County.
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September 16, 2011
Mason King
Franklin's neighborhood brew-and-pub-food palacewith roots
in the community reaching back to 1860has boosted sales through a shift in strategy following a city smoking ban.
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September 6, 2011
Associated PressJohnson County officials have been working to buy about 40 flooded properties in an area a few miles west of Greenwood, so
they can be demolished.
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August 17, 2011
IBJ StaffAn Arbor, Mich.-based manufacturer is planning a $10 million expansion to its plant south of Indianapolis that will add 35
more employees, it announced Wednesday.
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May 19, 2011
The Minneapolis-based appliance and electronics retailer plans to close the facility by the end of March. Employees will be
terminated in phases beginning in July.
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March 19, 2011
Associated PressFranklin Community Schools officials say they don't want to be in the same situation they were last year, when the state
forced the district to eliminate $3 million from its budget.
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September 17, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Franklin Redevelopment Commission decided Thursday to call off the deal because TailGate Beer of San Diego failed to respond
to a deadline to provide detailed financial information.
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September 13, 2010
Caterpillar Reman Powertrain is requesting the tax break to offset costs related to a $13.6 million investment the company
says will help retain 338 factory jobs.
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August 31, 2010
Cory SchoutenThe estate of a woman killed when pallets of bottled water fell on her at a Kroger store in Franklin is suing the bottler,
suggesting a new eco-friendly bottle design may have contributed to the accident.
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July 15, 2010
Anthony SchoettleSan Diego-based TailGate Beer is supposed to create as many as 150 jobs in Franklin, but the plan has been delayed while the
sides squabble about financial disclosures.
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May 20, 2010
IBJ StaffA Franklin manufacturing facility is planning a $9.4 million expansion project that would more than double employment over
the next two years.
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May 6, 2010
Groundbreaking will be held May 16 to mark start of construction on center to be built on 300-acre campus.
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April 25, 2010
Associated PressCrews will begin in late April demolishing the first of 74 homes south of downtown Franklin damaged by massive flooding in
June 2008. Officials still haven't decided how to reuse the land, and residents are torn.
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April 7, 2010
J.K. WallOhio-based Carter Lumber plans to open new wholesale lumberyard and truss-making facility in Franklin in June.
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March 13, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
The city of Franklin is using the post-flood era to push for comprehensive redevelopment in and around downtown.
The cornerstone of the plan is a flood plain southwest of the courthouse.
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February 13, 2010
IBJ StaffBids for one or both of the properties will be accepted from Feb. 17 through March 16 at the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office
at 70 E. Monroe St.
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January 4, 2010
Mason King
Franklin is home to one of the
nation's foremost sellers of antique car components, but co-owners Fred Bruner and Max
Merritt fear the ride might be slowing.
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January 2, 2010
Lou HarryRichard's Pizza Kitchen kicks off a month of new pizzeria reviews.
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August 3, 2009
IBJ StaffFranklin College has a new office that helps Johnson County not-for-profits develop Web sites and recruit volunteers. The
Nonprofit Resource Center was sparked in part by the lack of volunteer coordination during the summer floods of
2008.
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June 8, 2009
J.K. WallOhio-based Franklin University's move into the Indianapolis market sets up the potential for significant name confusion with
Franklin College, the liberal arts school 30 minutes south of Indianapolis.
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graham. they are even better w/ roasted marshmallows and melted chocolate
Apparently ticket sales are slow too...mas emails have been sent by the speedway in a last ditch attempt to get place fans to come.
Garden Valley Veggie flavor Wheat Thins Toasted Chips. Don't judge until you try them, haters!
Doc, a few important errors in your statements:
(1) The developer is spending the CITY'S money (the city is paying for the cost of the garage), so the city can damn well insist on a quality design.
(2) The LAW requires the proposed building to comply with design standards, and insisting that people follow the law is not giving anyone the "run-around."
(3) A two-week delay to make some minimal aesthetic improvements is hardly a great imposition being imposed on the developer.
(4) If the developer would rather build a crappy building elsewhere with their own money, then they are welcome to pick up and do so.
(4) Indianapolis is a major city, not some podunk town that needs to spread its legs for any developer that throws the place a sideways glance. Indianapolis should insist on the best, not settle for junk. Accepting anything is not going to make Indianapolis grow any faster (not sure where you got that silly notion from), nor is Indianapolis a slow-growth city compared to similarly sized city's in the Midwest.
Alone. Or with cheese.